Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-07
MANNINGs' SUCCESSOR.

non Chas. 8. FairchiId to Succeed Secre-
ry manning I'm President CIeveIand's
Cabinet-A Brief Sketch of the New Sec.
Rotary.
WASHINGTON, April LIT was officially
announced from the White House yester-
oag evening that Charles s. Fairchild, OF
new ork, will be appointed today Sec.
Rotary Of the Treasury, and Isaac Nav
nard, of New York, Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury.
treasurer Jordan's successor has not
yet been determined upon, and probably
VIII not be announced for some days Mr..
theodore Cook, of Cincinnati, is spoken of
most frequently in connection with the
place, and tonight Is thought most like ly
to succeed Mr.. Jordan.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Charles Stebbins Fairchild was born a Cazeno
via, N. Y, April 30, 1912, and his position as a
Caolnet Minister finds him in the prime of life
and we'll fitted for the onerous labors as head of
the financial department of the Government. His
rather was for many years the attorney for the
New i ock Central railroad, and is one of the
eminent men of New York. The new Secre-
tary of Treasury received his early education
at the Methodist Seminary at CaZenovia, and
ne entered Harvard in 1859, graduating from that
institution with the class 1863. He then en-
tered the Harvard law school and was admitted
to the bar in 1865, and subsequently became
one of the firm of Hart, Hale, Swartz s. Fair
Child, one of the most successful legal combi-
nations in New York. In 1874 he was appointed
deputy Attorney-G General, and IN his first polit-
ical position he so distinguished himself. that
In the ensuing year he was nominated by the
Democratic party for the Attorney Generalship
and was elected. He served in this
capacity for two years, and they were
eventful ones for the people of New York, be-
cause the alleged canal ring were receiving tho
attention of Governor Tilden, and his Attorney
General cordially seconded his efforts to rid the
State of them and their methods. Upon the
expiration of his term as Attorney-General,
Mr. Fairchild, in 1873, visited Europe for the
second time, his first trip having occurred in
1871. While on the continent the future
secretary made a careful study of the monetary
systems of the Old World, and when he re-
turned to New York he had acquired q valuable
fund ofinformation.F From 1880, when he returned
was called to Washington as AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.
Fairchild was practicng his profession in New
York City. The new secretary is q very
straightforward man of business, easy of &C
cess, for it has been his boast since he came to
Washington that his door has always been
open to callers no matter what their business
was, and in this respect he has shown
marked difference from other officials OF the
new administration His face is round and
smoothly shaver, a closely clipped black
moustache being conspicuous above the firm,
closed mouth, while in stature he is Slightly
above the medium height, compactly built,
ana weighs about one hundred and eighty
pounds.
Secretary FairchiId is firm believer in the
efficacy of equestrian exercise. and ev 'ry after
noon at the close of business he mounts his
smart bay roadster and rides at canter
through the suburbs of Washington as an ap-
petizer for dinner. Socially, be and his wife
are very popular, and his hospitable mansion
has always been thronged during the gay
season.